Parlor Games or Parlour Games, Street Games or Childhood Games are our kids favourite past time before but the fast-paced technology changes the game play to iPad and Andoid Tablets where Angry Birds or Fruit Ninja is more preferred. This year, as Havaianas celebrates 50 years, fun and fair play brought back big smiles in the missed street games: Bato lata,Chinese garter, Patintero (tubig-tubig), Sipa, Agawan base (bahaw-bahaw), Lakad bunot, Tumbang preso, and Piko in the 3rd Havaianas Playback Invitationalat the Siliman University West Quadrangle in Dumaguete City last February 25, 2012.Havaianas, in cooperation with the Siliman University Student Government and Council of Student Organizations, gathered 12 student organizations: Sigma Rho, Medical Technology, Zambo Sur Sillimanites, AgusanSillimanites, Pan Hellenic Society, Ang Sandigan, Tau Gamma Phi, Omicronian Society, Kadugong Bol-anon (KADBOL), Philippine Institute of Cumputer Engineering Students (PHICES), Renaissance Youth Leaders Forum (RYLF), and College of Education Student Organization (CESO).

The best rubber flip flop in the world turned back time for the day with a retrospective on well-loved Filipino street games. The day kicked off with the Parade of Colors and a cheering competition between all the participating groups. With the help of the Cebu City Sports Commissioners, these beloved childhood games proved to be no child’s play with serious cash prizes for the winning teams:

Happy Squad Special Award - Agusan Sillimanites (Plaque) - the team with the happiest and loudest cheer and chant.

The Most Loved Team Award - Ang Sandigan (Plaque) - the team with the most active fans

The Early Birds Award - The Omircronian Society (Plaque) -the first team to complete registration.

Havaianas Playback first launched in 2008 at Bonifacio High Street, Metro Manila. Then in August 2010, it was a collegiate inter-organization invitational participated in by schools such as Ateneo De Manila University, U&AP, U.P. Diliman, and De La Salle University.

In a flurry of artistic expression, 15 Art students converged suddenly at The Terraces, Ayala Center Cebu giving mall-goers a taste of sunshine with Havaianas Street Fun, a welcome break from the oppressive weather lately. Capoeira Artists and drum beaters quickly joined in the fun in the unique flash mob activity with a chalk art drawing representing Havaianas in the middle of the Terraces. Drumbeaters made passers-by sway to the beat of summer while capoeira enthusiasts showed off awesome high-kicks and acrobatic moves that combined martial arts, music and dance.About Havaianas.
A.L. Amizade Marketing, Inc. is the exclusive sub-distributor of Havaianas in Central and Eastern Visayas. In Dumaguete City, Havaianas are available at Hayahay in Piapi and Robinson’s. In Cebu check out All Flip Flops Ayala and SM, Rustan’s, Republik, Maribago Bluewater Resort, Abaca Boutique Resort, Walk In Shoppe at the Imperial Palace Lobby, LYM Virus Boutique-Paseo Saturnino and R.O.X Ayala. The Havaianas Kid's line is also available at Playpen at the Banilad Town Centre. For more information on the next Havaianas Playback, log on to http://www.havaianas.com/Havaianas Playback 2012 and Havaiana Street Fun Cebu posted at Cebu Events Blog